This is the very objective of art, and most especially including fiction: to trigger. To elicit in the mind of the reader a powerful emotional response that will move them, change them, upset or inspire them. We do not "protect" readers from this, else there's no point in writing or reading.
I would write AMEN to this in twelve-foot-high letters if I could.
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Date: 2011-06-05 06:37 pm (UTC)I would write AMEN to this in twelve-foot-high letters if I could.